Thursday, December 20, 2007

Man acquitted of deadliest N.Ireland bombing


On Thursday in Belfast, North Ireland Sean Hoey was acquitted for murdering 29 people in the Omagh bombing in 1998. Relatives of the victims and the judge were outraged with the quality of forensic evidence and the British polices' investigation. While this was happening North Ireland was trying to bring the Protestants and Catholics back into alliance after 30 years of conflict, but the verdict left a feeling of unfinished business them. Sean Hoey was convicted of the 1998 Omagh car bombing, killing 29 people , including a woman pregnant with twins, just months until the peace deal. The verdict on Thursday was trailed has the biggest murder trail in UK history.

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